﻿Vol.2] 
  CULTURE 
  OF 
  N. 
  COAST 
  OF 
  PERU 
  — 
  LARCO 
  HOYLE 
  165 
  

  

  and 
  ran 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  territory, 
  even 
  through 
  the 
  most 
  precipitous 
  

   regions. 
  Minor 
  branches 
  extended 
  back 
  from 
  the 
  main 
  roads. 
  Small 
  

   rectangular 
  platforms 
  at 
  intervals 
  along 
  the 
  roads 
  are 
  presumably 
  

   foundations 
  for 
  buildings 
  which 
  housed 
  messengers. 
  

  

  The 
  road 
  width 
  of 
  9.80 
  m. 
  (about 
  33 
  ft.) 
  should 
  be 
  noted. 
  A 
  

   pyramid 
  of 
  this 
  period 
  is 
  98 
  m. 
  (about 
  330 
  ft.) 
  square 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  

   This 
  consistent 
  factor, 
  discovered 
  in 
  many 
  other 
  measurements, 
  

   suggests 
  that 
  the 
  Mochica 
  unit 
  of 
  measure 
  corresponded 
  to 
  98 
  cm. 
  

   (about 
  3.3 
  ft.). 
  

  

  DRESS 
  AND 
  ORNAMENTS 
  

  

  Clothing 
  and 
  jewelry 
  of 
  men 
  were 
  far 
  more 
  elaborate 
  than 
  that 
  of 
  

   women. 
  Women, 
  as 
  a 
  rule, 
  wore 
  only 
  a 
  large 
  shirt, 
  or 
  camisa, 
  and, 
  

   rarely, 
  simple 
  ear 
  pendants. 
  

  

  Men 
  wore 
  a 
  breechclout, 
  an 
  underskirt, 
  a 
  sleeveless 
  undershirt, 
  a 
  

   decorated 
  overskirt 
  hanging 
  nearly 
  to 
  the 
  knees, 
  and 
  a 
  very 
  showy, 
  

   short-sleeved 
  outer 
  shirt 
  that 
  came 
  down 
  a 
  little 
  above 
  the 
  fringe 
  of 
  

   the 
  underskirt. 
  Both 
  inner 
  and 
  outer 
  clothing 
  were 
  tied 
  around 
  the 
  

   waist 
  with 
  a 
  belt 
  decorated 
  with 
  artistic 
  motifs. 
  The 
  Mochicas 
  went 
  

   barefoot 
  but 
  painted 
  their 
  feet 
  and 
  lower 
  legs 
  to 
  resemble 
  boots. 
  

   Headdresses 
  are 
  sumptuous, 
  but 
  varied. 
  Some 
  are 
  relatively 
  simple, 
  

   being 
  a 
  circular 
  band 
  or 
  turban. 
  Others 
  are 
  more 
  complicated 
  and 
  

   are 
  harmoniously 
  combined 
  in 
  three 
  parts: 
  the 
  cap 
  with 
  neck 
  covering; 
  

   the 
  chin 
  strap; 
  and 
  the 
  turban 
  proper, 
  that 
  surrounds 
  the 
  head 
  like 
  

   a 
  crown 
  and 
  is 
  adjusted 
  over 
  the 
  other 
  two 
  parts. 
  The 
  turban 
  was 
  

   made 
  of 
  the 
  finest 
  cloth, 
  of 
  various 
  colors 
  and 
  decorated 
  with 
  figures, 
  

   or 
  of 
  treated 
  feline 
  or 
  monkey 
  skins. 
  Stuffed 
  birds, 
  and 
  pieces 
  of 
  gold, 
  

   silver, 
  or 
  copper 
  wrought 
  in 
  the 
  shape 
  of 
  animals, 
  ceremonial 
  knives, 
  

   and 
  disks 
  adorned 
  the 
  headdress. 
  The 
  final 
  result 
  as 
  seen 
  on 
  digni- 
  

   taries 
  such 
  as 
  war 
  leaders, 
  rulers, 
  or 
  priests 
  was 
  very 
  impressive. 
  

  

  These 
  turbans 
  were 
  distinctive 
  of 
  rank, 
  office, 
  or 
  profession, 
  and 
  

   serve 
  to 
  identify 
  the 
  interpreters 
  of 
  messages, 
  the 
  messengers, 
  fisher- 
  

   men, 
  agriculturists, 
  priests, 
  governors, 
  and 
  military 
  chiefs. 
  

  

  As 
  jewelry 
  they 
  wore 
  great 
  ear 
  ornaments 
  of 
  gold, 
  silver, 
  copper, 
  or 
  

   of 
  bone 
  or 
  wood 
  with 
  inlays 
  of 
  turquoise, 
  mother-of-pearl, 
  and 
  lapis 
  

   lazuli. 
  The 
  ear 
  ornaments 
  are 
  simple 
  circular 
  and 
  tubular 
  forms, 
  

   tubes 
  with 
  ridges 
  or 
  rosettes 
  at 
  the 
  end, 
  and 
  varieties 
  of 
  pendants. 
  

   Discoidal 
  and 
  other 
  varied 
  forms 
  of 
  nose 
  ornaments 
  were 
  worn 
  by 
  

   nobles 
  through 
  a 
  perforation 
  in 
  the 
  nasal 
  septum. 
  Necklaces 
  are 
  of 
  

   geometrically 
  shaped 
  beads, 
  series 
  of 
  little 
  idols, 
  fish, 
  stylized 
  felines, 
  

   fruits, 
  and 
  seeds. 
  They 
  were 
  made 
  of 
  semiprecious 
  stones 
  (turquoise, 
  

   lapis 
  lazuli), 
  quartz, 
  rock 
  crystal, 
  gold, 
  silver, 
  copper, 
  bone, 
  shell, 
  

   wood, 
  and 
  pottery. 
  The 
  central 
  pieces 
  of 
  the 
  necklaces 
  were 
  large 
  

   beads 
  representing 
  human 
  or 
  mythological 
  beings. 
  The 
  Mochicas 
  

   also 
  wore 
  finger 
  rings 
  and 
  covered 
  their 
  fingernails 
  with 
  thin 
  sheets 
  of 
  

   gold. 
  

  

  